General Motors warned 883 active and retired employees that they should guard against possible identity theft after a worker downloaded some of their personal information before retiring in May.
The employee “copied two electronic spreadsheets containing names and social security numbers” shortly before quitting, GM told the affected employees in a letter.
“GM Security confirmed that the personal information was deleted on the former employee’s computer,” wrote John Quattrone, GM’s executive director for global product development human resources. “We believe that no further copies of such data were made or distributed to other persons, though we cannot be certain of this.”
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The automaker recommended that affected employees guard against possible identity theft by activating a free “fraud alert” with the three major credit reporting agencies: Experian, Equifax and TransUnion.
“GM has completed an investigation of this incident and is contacting the affected individuals to inform them of precautionary steps they can take to protect against possible identity fraud,” the company said in a statement. “No cases of fraud have been reported related to this incident.”
It was not clear whether the retired employee had any malicious intent. GM did not release the person’s name.
